Margarete Cranmer

Margarete Cranmer was the wife of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. She was born in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire, and she became a devout and radical Lutheran. In 1532, Cranmer smuggled Margarete into England in a box, having married her in secret. After the accession of Mary of England to the throne, Cranmer escaped to Germany, and she married Cranmer's favorite publisher, Edward Whitchurch. The couple returned to England and settled in Surrey, and she died in the 1570s after marrying for a third time.